Educator and scholar in the comparative Humanities; advocate for democracy and civil society in the Middle East.

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Today has proved to be this blog’s most successful day yet in terms of hits, it’s 19.30 GMT here in Sussex, and so far 2,000 people have looked at my blog. Today is the first anniversary of the violent incident on-campus at the University of Bahrain which took place on 13th March 2011, and proved … Continue reading →

The allegedly ‘inadvertent’ burning of copies of the Qur’an by American military personnel at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan has led to widespread protest across the world, with lives being lost in violent demonstrations. However, anger has been less widespread over the Bahrain regime’s demolition of mosques and other Islamic religious buildings used by Bahrain’s Shia … Continue reading →

I’ll be updating this post on a day-by-day basis with translated images, cartoons, and photographs, to show the world a different view of Bahrain from that supplied by Bahrain “government” propaganda, and the best efforst of PR agencies like Qorvis…. Loss of legitimacy: a “police” station as a torture chamber and pirates’ lair; how most … Continue reading →

A protester falls in another ‘forgotten’ uprising: Muneer Al Maydaaniy is shot dead today in Al Qataif, just over the causeway from Bahrain, the day after it is reported that Abdullah and Hamad discuss “ithaad”, “union”. Is this what Bahrain’s “loyalists” are “loyal” to, the erosion of Bahraini sovereignty? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2LgCIXOonrw